Love Behind the Facade

Willow Warma was known to be a well-behaved lady in the circle of socialites. The wildest thing she had ever done was dating her brother’s rival behind his back for three years and letting him take intimate videos of her.

At present, she was naked in a Maybach, while he was still dressed properly. He even had a phone beside him.

“Andrew…” she whispered softly. “Could you… stop filming?”

Andrew Sullivan, her boyfriend, froze for a moment before he chuckled. He looked up, and her image reflected in his eyes. With a doting but teasing look, he said, “What’s wrong? Feeling shy?

“Don’t worry. The video won’t go out. I’m just going to watch it when I miss you. Babe, just satisfy this desire of mine, please?”

Willow’s ears burned when he called her “babe,” and, as if his voice alone had cast a spell on her, she found herself unable to say no.

As time passed, the car finally stopped shaking. Everything had ended.

Andrew fastened his belt slowly before lowering his head to check on her. He stroked her hair. “I have a gathering later, so I’ll have the driver send you back. I’ll keep you company after that, okay?”

Willow nodded and said shyly, “Okay.”

After Andrew got out of the car, Willow put on her clothes, but her mind wandered.

Just as she was about to tell the driver to drop her home, she noticed that Andrew had left his card holder in the car.

She grabbed it, opened the door, and ran after Andrew.

After she asked a staff member where Andrew’s gathering was, she went to the room.

The door was only partially shut. As Willow was about to go in, she heard laughter from within.

“Andrew, what you did in the Maybach was obvious! When I came over, I saw it shaking so much! Say, if Rias Warma knew that his sister is so wild with you, wouldn’t he suffer a stroke?”

"What?" Willow murmured. She stood frozen, stunned, looking as if hit by lighting.

“Hahaha! He’s Rias of the South, and you’re Andrew of the North. You’ve been going head-to-head with Rias Warma for years, and if he weren’t your rival, you wouldn’t have pulled the whole hero swooping in to save the damsel in distress act with his sister to make her fall head over heels in love with you.”

“You’ve been dating her for years, so you must have taken at least one hundred videos of her, right? When are you going to upload them? I want to see what she looks like when she’s naked under you! Of course, I want to see Rias Warma’s expression even more! Hahaha!”

Andrew’s friends were excited and did not notice the extra person standing outside their room.

Willow’s mind went blank, and her ears rang.

What they had said echoed in her head and grew increasingly louder. In the end, they were as loud as a thunderclap that threatened to break her mind.

Andrew… hatched a plot to save her?

He dated her just so that he could fight against Rias?

“Andrew, why aren’t you saying anything? You got closer to Willow to toy with Rias and make it so that he can’t go up against you anymore, right? Are you telling me that you’ve grown to like his sister?”

“Me? Like her?” The man who had just called her “babe” was currently surrounded by his friends. He took a sip of his wine and sneered mockingly. “Rias Warma is my rival, and I want him dead. I was just wondering when the best time is to upload the videos. Why don’t I upload them on Willow’s birthday? Rias’s expression would surely turn interesting when he sees his obedient sister being so wild in bed.”

“You’re amazing, Andrew!”

His friends laughed in excitement.

Willow’s hands trembled, and she almost collapsed.

Suddenly, she heard an attendant’s voice. “Miss, why aren’t you going in?”

Finally, Willow snapped out of her daze. She stuffed the card holder into the attendant’s hands in panic. “I… won’t be going in. Please hand this to Andrew Sullivan and tell him that someone picked it up for him. Don’t tell him that I was here.”

She then turned tail and ran as tears streamed down her face. In her ears, Andrew’s cold words kept ringing.

“Rias Warma is my rival, and I want him dead.”

Her heart ached as if an invisible hand had seized it. It hurt so much that she had a hard time breathing.

So, he had planned their meeting all along!

In the past, Willow had gone to Northvalley to study despite her brother’s wishes. It was all because Northvalley University had the best dance degree in the country.

After she graduated, she insisted on staying in Northvalley and refused to return to Southvalley, no matter how her brother tried to convince her. The reason? Her parents and her brother doted on her too much and spoiled her silly, but Willow wanted to build her success with her own hands.

Until she met Andrew, all she cared about was dancing. The man was her brother’s rival, and apparently, these two had been fighting for land and projects for years. They fought so fiercely that they were like oil and water.

But Andrew had saved her twice.

The first time was when someone bumped into her and ran. The passersby did not want to get into trouble and ignored her cries for help as she lay in a pool of her own blood. As Andrew was driving past in his Maybach, he scooped her into his arms like a savior.

The second time was when she was drugged and nearly taken advantage of. He had saved her and taken her away. That night, he helped her get the drugs out of her system.

When she woke up the next day, he was dressing up in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. While he buttoned up his shirt, he heard her waking up and turned around. She nearly drowned in the pools of his charming eyes.

He slowly approached her and leaned down. “I’ve been wanting to ask you since we first met. Do you like me, girl?”

Her mind went blank. As she stared at his stunningly handsome face, she stammered but could not utter a full word. He just smirked. “You don’t? Why do you blush every time you see me, then? You even kissed me this morning. If I recall correctly, those drugs already wear off.”

She was so embarrassed that she wanted to run, but he dragged her back. With amusement shining in his eyes, he kissed her gently.

After that, they started dating.

During the three years they were a couple, she always thought that they loved each other and had often wanted to take Andrew back to Southvalley to meet Rias. She believed that with her around, those two would surely make up. In hindsight, she had been so stupid that it was pitiful.

Aimlessly, she ran along the street. It was not until the rain drenched her face that she stopped. Just then, her phone started ringing.

It was Rias.

Willow sucked in a deep breath and answered it.

“Willow, I’ve opened the biggest dance studio in Southvalley for you and found you a fiance. Could you break up with your current boyfriend? You know just how much we do not want to see you marry someone from so far away and want you to stay in Southvalley with us…”

When she heard the familiar voice, Willow could not stop her tears.

She did her best not to sound choked up as she mumbled in agreement. “Sorry, Rias. I’ve made you worry so much over the years. I’ll return to Southvalley and do what you say. I’ll also contact the fiance you found for me.”